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This last week was full of fun with Plumb cousins galore. My two brothers that live out of state came to San Diego with all their kids, and Ashlyn and Claire were in heaven. We imposed greatly on my sister-in-law Kim's hospitality and took advantage of the time we had to visit and play. My favorite was our beach day. We had 14 cousins in all, oldest 9 years, and youngest 9 months. It was awesome, the weather was perfect, the waves were big and the sand was sandy...

Uncle Jesse kept the kids busy with hunting for sand crabs and loading them into buckets. I never did hear the final count...

Lara got her few mouthfuls of sand and was a happy camper. Claire only has boy cousins her same age, but she had a great time digging and wrestling.

You figure that when a kid is buried in sand they can't get into too much trouble, so Uncle Will (Brock keeps telling me I have to accept the fact that no one calls my brother Willy anymore, and that I should live in the now, so as painful as it was to call him Will there you go) got to bury several of the younger ones. Ashlyn and Sarah have soo much fun and always want to plan more play dates.

I'll post more pics of the Plumb reunion soon. Here are a few other random July pics that I wanted to comment on...

Ashlyn is my little dress-up lady, but my favorite accessory is her purple striped wrist bands given to me for my birthday by my cute niece. Ashlyn has claimed them as her own since I don't go to the gym, so don't have many opportunities to wear sweat bands. Also, notice the way she is kneeling with her toes pointed out. My little brother kneels this way and it is extremely uncomfortable for most people, but I don't know if its genetic and due to unusual knee joints. Give it a try...Claire loves her stuffed dogs. I love it when kids rediscover a long-lost toy. The white dog had been buried in the toy box for a few weeks and she dug it out and was thrilled.

**Side note. I put the girls down tonight at 8:30 after we had cleaned their room, and 10 minutes ago I hear, "Mom can I have my blanket?" I find Ashlyn's blanket and go in to find the lights on and toys everywhere. They had been quietly playing in there for a whole hour and a half. Brock and I were listening to a talk on the computer and we didn't hear a sound...Sneaky sneaky....why can't they do that when I need to make phone calls during the day?

Lara's my little water baby. Ashlyn and Claire are pretty wimpy when it comes to water, but Lara can't get enough. She loves her bath time.

Can't believe it's already AUGUST!!!!